Second seed Harshit Mahimkar justified his ranking with a facile win over unseeded Veer Bhadane with a 30-8 score line in just 11 minutes in a Boys’ U-17 Singles round-32 match of the Yonex Sunrise-Maharashtra State Open Badminton Tournament 2024, organized by the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA) under the auspices of Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA), and played at the NSCI courts on Friday.

In contrast, top seed Tanay Mehendale faced a stiff challenge from unseeded Arjun Pawar, before carving out a 30-22 win in 17 minutes. Meanwhile, third seed Ishan Wankhede got the better of Meet Udhoji 30-18 in 17 minutes, and fourth seed Nidhish More ground out a hard-fought win against Soham Tambe by a 30-24 margin in 22 minutes.

In Women’s Singles competition, third seed Manasvi Vaidya overcame Puja Puppala romping to an easy 30-14 win in just 10 minutes, while Apurva Ghadge scored a fighting win against Kaavya Thanukrishnan posting a 30-27 win in 18 minutes.

Earlier on the opening day top seeds Tanay Mehendale and second seed Shvetank Karnik registered comfortable wins in their Men’s Singles second-round matches. Talented Mehendale brushed aside Shivam Chaure's challenge, recording a 30-19 win in 21 minutes in the one-game match at the Willingdon Sports Club courts on Thursday. On the side court, Karnik was in a dominant mood and scored an authoritative win against Aritra Sarkar, coasting to a 30-7 victory in 11 minutes to move into the third round.

Teenager Harshit Mahimkar showed great character and defeated Kanishq Gurram 30-23 in 17 minutes to advance to the third round. In exciting and closely contested encounters, Anay Pingulkar scraped past Yash Bhongle posting a 30-28 win in 17 minutes, while Piyush Kamble prevailed over Sumit Made 30-28 scores in 23 minutes.

Results

Boys’ U-17 Singles (Round-32): 1-Tanay Mehendale beat Arjun Pawar 30-22; Praful Pardi beat Vatsal Tiwari 30-18; Tanay Joshi beat Vedant Sawant 30-21; 4-Nidhish More beat Soham Tambe 30-24; Aayan Kapadia beat Rajguru Garad 30-21; Sumit Made beat Anay Pingulkar 30-19; Hrushikesh Kolambekar beat Shivam Chaure 30-23; 3-Ishan Wankhede beat Meet Udhoji 30-18; Ishan Salvi beat Ananya Deshmukh 30-21; Numan Shaikh beat Mohit Kamble 30-27; 2-Harshit Mahimkar beat Veer Bhadane 30-8.

Women’s Singles (Round-32): Anushka Bhise beat Pushti Koladiya 30-20; Nirali Pokharna beat Manya Kotian 30-21; Devanshi Shinde beat Purva Bagkar 30-20; Ananya Rane beat Sanjana Maharao 30-20; 3-Manasvi Vaidya beat Puja Puppala 30-14; Siddhi Solanki beat Ishika Chattikal 30-27; Apurva Ghadge beat Kaavya Thanukrishnan 30-27. 

Men's Singles (Round-64): 1-Tanay Mehendale beat Shivam Chaure 30-19; 2-Shvetank Karnik beat Aritra Sarkar 30-7; Soham Patil beat Sarthak Kulkarni 30-25; Abhinav Singh beat Abhishek Bhagwat 30-25; Anay Pingulkar beat Yash Bhongle 30-28; Devam Desai beat Anup Ratnaparkhi 30-25; Chirayu Bhobu beat Sagar Dekate 30-27; Om Mahajan beat Sarthak Wadekar 30-26; Salaj Megharaj beat Aditya Sharma 30-26; Harshit Mahimkar beat Kanishq Gurram 30-23; Aryan Varma beat Vinit Shelar 30-27; Daras Nadar beat Ayan Kulkarni 30-27; Piyush Kamble beat Sumit Made 30-28; Nikhil Chari beat Krishna Bhattad 30-26.

Photo  Above : Second seed Harshit Mahimkar of Greater Mumbai sailed in to per-quarters with an easy win over unseeded Veer Bhadane from Thane in the Boys’ U-17 Singles category